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RSS Feeds`People did this for us so we have to care for them,` 8-year-old says at Sunnybrook Veterans´ Centre Remembrance Day ceremony
(The Star Movies)

 
 

12 november 2018 00:48:48

 
`People did this for us so we have to care for them,` 8-year-old says at Sunnybrook Veterans´ Centre Remembrance Day ceremony
(The Star Movies)
 


Remembrance Day ceremonies at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre drew an overflow crowd of several hundred people Sunday to honour veterans of the Second World War, the Korean and other conflicts on the centennial anniversary of the First World War.Attendees included military veterans who call Sunnybrook Hospital’s care facility home, along with a strong showing of young people committed to remembering those who served.“People did this for us so we have to care for them,” said Alison Brandt, 8, after she and her mother presented a handcrafted message to 94-year-old Michael Boyer, who volunteered with the Canadian Army at 18 and saw combat in Normandy with the 4th Artillery Regiment during the Second World War.Boyer is one of the 475 veterans who live at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto, the largest care facility of its kind in the country, and was one of several veterans who braved the cold to attend the centre’s outdoor cenotaph service. “I think a lot of people still remember,” Boyer said. “I appreciate it. It’s very kind of them.”The sentiment was echoed by Richard Ratcliffe, a Korean War veteran who is also president of the Sunnybrook centre’s veterans council. He commented on the rich history of the facility, which was founded in 1948 at what is now the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and said “it is my hope that the youth will carry on the tradition forever.”The ceremonies were also attended by the children of veterans who have lived at the Sunnybrook facility such as Cathy Vera Robson, who said her father Christopher enjoyed his time there and who said she attends Remembrance Day services at Sunnybrook every year.Read more:Peace broke out, then all hell broke loose. This is what happened in Toronto on Armistice DayHonour soldiers of today while remembering those who came before, Doug Ford saysPhotos: Remembrance Day and Armistice Day around the worldDignitaries including Don Valle ...


 
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